Arriving at Wimbledon last June, Williams was reeling. Searching for answers, she brought French coach Patrick Mouratoglou into the fold. She also got advice from her half-sister, Isha Price, who told her she had to move on.

"Isha took me aside -- I was really upset -- and she told me, 'You've got to let it go.' So that's when I was finally able to let it go -- two years later at Wimbledon," Williams said.

"I think my mom put it perfectly," she adds. "She said in an interview if I didn't win that (Wimbledon final) she thought I would have went crazy. So I agree. That was definitely a big turning point for me."

• Sloane Stephens survived a gutsy effort from fellow American teen Lauren Davis to win 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 and advance to the semifinals in Hobart. I know it's a lot to ask, but if you have a few hours to set aside, you should watch a replay of their match (or at least the third set), which is available here. You'll walk away with a lot of respect for Davis.

• The ATP catches up with Benjamin Balleret and Guillaume Couillard, the two men who played the 70-point tiebreaker at a ITF Futures event in Florida earlier this week. Nice to see them so good-humored about it.

“Neither of us sensed the first set would last so long. We were both really tight, because we know each other so well. We didn’t want to lose it. When we switched ends during the tie-break, with the score in the 20s and 30s, we were laughing.”